No lintel on outer leaf?

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Thought I was finally nearing the end of build which should have taken 8 weeks but it's been nearly a year due to builder doing a runner and leaving me £20k out of pocket plus thousands to fix his dodgy work and me having to attempt a lot of work myself!

Anyway was just at the stage of plasterer doing final wall which required me removing old external window and door. Having done so I noticed there is no lintel on the outer leaf but a large concrete lintel behind on the inner leaf. All building control said was to remove a brick (which I did) as they have known 1970s houses to have lintel above the first course of bricks which it didn't.

Has anyone come across this before and is it case of getting a concrete lintel installed.

Thanks
 

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